[Hiring] 10-11th Grade ELA Instructor @SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity)

Role Description

Instructors will join SEO’s community of passionate educators to implement a rigorous college-prep curriculum for motivated and driven high school Scholars. Using our original curriculum and a student-centered approach to teaching and learning, instructors play an integral part in supporting our Scholars’ journey to a competitive college and beyond. In addition, instructors promote depth of understanding and skill acquisition by serving as a coach and facilitator of learning.

• Courses: SEO Miami is a bichronous program for Scholars with lesson instruction held 100% online, facilitated through Zoom.
• Instructors will be placed depending on their self-reported proficiency and demo lesson.
• Courses offered this semester are:
• 10th Grade: Exploring Arguments
• 11th Grade: Personal Statement Writing
• Key Dates:
• Self-guided Asynchronous Instructor Training: New instructional staff will complete Asynchronous Training that equates to 10 hours of work. This can be completed on your own time and will be completed prior to the start of programming.
• Instructor Orientation: Thursday, 9/10 on Zoom
• Synchronous Online Instruction: 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/17, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 12/5, & 12/12

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in content related field.
• Teaching certification, K-12 classroom teaching experience, and/or experience teaching at the college or university level.
• Experience working with high school-aged students.
• Comfortable with navigating technological learning systems.
• Expertise and depth of knowledge in advanced high school-level English and Humanities subjects.
• Eagerness to engage in conversations analyzing the historical and continued causes of societal ills and challenges.
• The use of a reliable personal laptop. Seasonal instructors must have access to their own device that meets basic technology requirements to carry out all instructional and administrative duties.

Requirements

• Understanding and practice of student-centered pedagogy.
• Knowledge and experience with Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
• Certifications, PD course completions, and/or tertiary education in Instructional Technologies.

Benefits

• The compensation listed in this posting reflects what SEO believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting.
• Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position.
• This position is benefits ineligible in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations.